The upcoming tour, which will be directed by Sam Scalamoni with choreography by Connor Gallagher, will open in November and continue through Jan. 5, 2014. Cities and venues have yet to be announced.

NETwork Presentations is producing the tour.

A Ghostlight Records cast album preserves the original Broadway cast.

The musical and its source center on a human orphan, who steals away in Santa's sack one Christmas Eve and is raised as an elf in the North Pole. He soon learns the truth of his heritage when he outgrows his fellow toy makers. Will Ferrell originated the role on screen.